Scott Pilgrim vs. the World The Movie in Crown Point, IN
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Genre: Action,Romantic comedy
Synopsis:
After meeting the gal (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) of his dreams, a charming slacker (Michael Cera) must contend with an army of her ex-boyfriends, wanting to get rid of him.
Release Date: 08/13/2010
Running Time: 112
Rating: PG-13 - Parents Strongly Cautioned
http://www.scottpilgrimthemovie.com/
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Cast:
Scott Pilgrim: Michael Cera,Ramona Flowers: Mary Winstead Elizabeth,Wallace Wells: Kieran Culkin,Lucas Lee: Chris Evans,Stacey: Anna Kendrick,Envy Adams: Brie Larson,Kim Pine: Alison Pill,Julie Powers: Aubrey Plaza,Todd Ingram: Brandon Routh,Gideon Graves: Jason Schwartzman,Neil: Johnny Simmons,Stephen Stills: Mark Webber,Roxy Richter: Mae Whitman,Knives Chau: Ellen Wong,Ken Katayanagi: Shôta Saitô,Matthew Patel: Satya Bhabha,Kyle Katayanagi: Keita Saito
Crew:
Director: Edgar Wright,Screenwriter: Michael Bacall,Screenwriter: Edgar Wright,Producer: Marc Platt,Producer: Eric Gitter,Producer: Nira Park,Producer: Edgar Wright,Executive Producer: Ronaldo Vasconcellos,Executive Producer: J. Miles Dale,Executive Producer: Jared LeBoff,Executive Producer: Adam Siegel,Cinematographer: Bill Pope,Production Design: Marcus Rowland,Costume Designer: Laura Shannon Jean,Film Editor: Jonathan Amos,Film Editor: Paul Machliss,Original Music: Nigel Godrich
Production Companies:
Big Talk,Marc Platt Productions
Distributors:
Universal Pictures
Notes:
Production Notes - Notes provided by Universal Studios. - We'll get to the notes in a minute. But first, a word from our director/producer/co-writer, EDGAR WRIGHT: ``I first heard of Scott Pilgrim in 2004 when BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY's recently released first volume was pressed into my hands. Given that my previous work has strived to mix up the mundane with the insane, I was hooked immediately. I loved Bryan's use of manga and video-game iconography to depict the emotions of these young characters. ``Adapting these books was a gift, as they are not only funny, charming and relatable, but have increasingly crazy diversions into the fantastical. To be able to do romance, comedy, action and fantasy in the same feature was an intriguing challenge. ``The best way to describe the world of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is that it's a normal world of a normal young man, filtered through his overactive imagination. Bryan Lee O'Malley describes Scott as 'the hero of the movie in his own head.' My goal is to make that very movie. ``The emotions and interactions throughout the film are infused with the mass media that this generation has grown up with-not just in music, film and animation, but in over 30 years of video games. Our characters' life experiences are completely governed by the enormous amount of time they've spent with their Nintendo consoles. For the twentysomething characters in the film, the incidental music for 'Zelda' is as resonant as nursery rhymes. ``In the world of Scott Pilgrim, minor disagreements are resolved in mortal combat. Our hero is thrown into a world of pain when he dates the girl of his dreams. The mysterious Ramona Flowers has something of a hex on her where her seven evil exes challenge her new boyfriend to a series of duels to the death. Many people have jumped through many hoops to pursue someone unobtainable. Scott must literally fight for his new relationship if he wants it to survive. ``The increasingly crazy events of the film are almost the result of wild exaggeration. When teens or twentysomethings describe the events of a night out, they are usually blown out of all proportion. My take on the fights in the film is that they are hugely amplified versions of events. Someone might gossip about the 'huge fight' that broke out the night before. And here we see the huge version of that fight. ``The fight sequences in Scott Pilgrim play out like big production numbers. In our film, people break out into fights the same way they explode into a song and dance number in a musical. When the emotion is too great to convey in mere words, characters in a musical will sing out. In Scott Pilgrim, they throw down. ``The film is set in a world of first apartments, crappy bands, thrift stores and coffee shops that we all know and love. It covers young love, loud music and big emotions. We see the world through a cast of young people who have a lot to give and a lot to learn. Oh, and people totally explode into coins. NOW, HERE WE GO... Meet charming and jobless Scott Pilgrim (MICHAEL CERA of Juno, Superbad). A bass guitarist for garage band Sex Bob-omb, the 22-year-old has just met the girl of his dreams...literally. The only catch to winning the elusive, mysterious Ramona Flowers (MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD of Live Free or Die Hard, upcoming The Thing)? Her seven evil exes are coming to kill him. Scott Pilgrim has never had a problem getting a girlfriend. It's getting rid of them that proves difficult. From the girl who kicked his heart's ass-and now is back in town-to the teenage distraction he's trying to shake when Ramona rollerblades into his world, love hasn't been easy. He soon discovers, however, his new crush has the most unusual baggage of all: a nefarious league of exes controls her love life and will do whatever it takes to eliminate him as a suitor. As Scott gets closer to Ramona, he must face an increasingly vicious rogues' gallery from her past-from infamous skateboarders to vegan rock stars and fearsome identical twins. And if he hopes to win his true love, he must vanquish them all before it really is game over. Joining Cera and Winstead for the principal cast of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World are KIERAN CULKIN (Igby Goes Down, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys) as Scott's awesome roommate, Wallace Wells; CHRIS EVANS (The Losers, upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger) as pro-skateboarder/action star Lucas Lee; ANNA KENDRICK (Up in the Air, Twilight series) as Scott's younger, not-putting-up-with-it sister, Stacey Pilgrim; BRIE LARSON (television's United States of Tara, Greenberg) as the girl who kicked Scott's heart in the ass, rocker chick Envy Adams; ALISON PILL (Milk, Pieces of April) as Sex Bob-omb's disaffected drummer, Kim Pine; AUBREY PLAZA (Funny People, television's Parks and Recreation) as Stephen Stills' obnoxious sometime-girlfriend Julie Powers; BRANDON ROUTH (Superman Returns, Zack and Miri Make a Porno) as power vegan bassist Todd Ingram; JASON SCHWARTZMAN (Funny People, Fantastic Mr. Fox) as the leader of the League of Evil Exes, Gideon Graves; JOHNNY SIMMONS (Jennifer's Body, Hotel for Dogs) as Sex Bob-omb super fan Young Neil; MARK WEBBER (Broken Flowers, The Memory Thief) as the band's lead singer/songwriter, Stephen Stills; MAE WHITMAN (television's Parenthood, Arrested Development) as Ramona's scorned ex-girlfriend Roxy; and newcomer ELLEN WONG as Scott's high-school crush, Knives Chau. The accomplished behind-the-scenes team is led by producers MARC PLATT (Wanted, Legally Blonde, the musical Wicked), ERIC GITTER (Leaves of Grass, O), NIRA PARK (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead) and Edgar Wright. The talented crew of filmmakers who have joined the production includes director of photography BILL POPE (The Matrix trilogy, Spider-Man 2), production designer MARCUS ROWLAND (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead), costume designer LAURA JEAN SHANNON (Iron Man, Elf), VFX producer LUCY KILLICK (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Hellboy II: The Golden Army), SFX coordinator LAIRD MCMURRAY (The Incredible Hulk, Dawn of the Dead), fight choreographer/stunt coordinator BRAD ALLAN (Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Kick-Ass), editors JONATHAN AMOS (television's Ashes to Ashes, Spooks) and PAUL MACHLISS (television's Spaced, The IT Crowd) and concept designer OSCAR WRIGHT (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead). The legendary NIGEL GODRICH (Paul McCartney: Chaos and Creation, Radiohead: In Rainbows) composes and executive produces music for the film. Godrich collaborates with BECK for the music and lyrics of Sex Bob-omb's songs. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World's screenplay is written by MICHAEL BACALL (upcoming 21 Jump Street) & Edgar Wright, based on the Oni Press graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O'Malley. Executive producers for the film are RONALDO VASCONCELLOS (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead), J. MILES DALE (Talk to Me, Hollywoodland), JARED LEBOFF (Wanted) and ADAM SIEGEL (Wanted). ABOUT THE PRODUCTION Smashing Genres:Scott Pilgrim Begins Producer Marc Platt was introduced to Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novel series when his colleagues Jared LeBoff and Adam Siegel brought O'Malley's first ``Scott Pilgrim book to his attention in 2004. ``I was immediately struck by the buoyancy and vibrancy of the material and how it seemed to capture a moment in time and a generation of characters that were relatable, Platt recalls. ``They're living in this world that is part comic book, part ninja, part kung fu, part anime, part manga. Yet, at the heart of it are these appealing, accessible kids that you recognize, who have accessible and emotional journeys. Platt found the characters in O'Malley's comics so relatable that he believed they would translate well on film. He notes: ``I was moved by the angst of Scott Pilgrim, his romantic yearnings for the girl of his dreams. He has to overcome challenges in order to get where he wants to go. Soon after they had seen Edgar Wright's first feature-length film, Shaun of the Dead, LeBoff and Siegel suggested to Platt that the genre-fusing filmmaker direct the material the team had optioned. Platt acknowledges: ``I recognized immediately that the sensibility Edgar would apply to this material was a combustible combination. The moment he said he was interested, the excitement that I had over the source material quadrupled. He works harder than any filmmaker I know, and the work paid off because it's a complex film where everything has to dovetail into the next piece. Edgar has thought about every piece so it fits perfectly. He is meticulous in his preparation, inspires fun and loves the characters and the material. Co-writer/director Wright learned of the property in 2004 when O'Malley's first book, Oni Press' ``Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life, was given to him by LeBoff and Siegel at an L.A. preview screening of Shaun of the Dead. ``It had only just been released, and these two enterprising fellows said it was perfect material for me, Wright says. ``The book then sat in my bag for at least a month of the Shaun U.S. press tour before I finally read the now-battered copy on a flight. I was thoroughly enjoying it from the first page but then was utterly hooked by the time it came to the scene where Scott Pilgrim receives a written warning of his impending death by e-mail. Even before I'd finished the first volume, I was trying to imagine how it could work as live action. Wright was impressed not only by the story, but by the video-game and manga iconography that O'Malley used to underscore the extreme emotions and melodrama the characters experience. He continues: ``It actually reminded me of the TV series I did with Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes called Spaced. I had longed to do something that took the magical realism of that show even further. I was excited to take on the challenge of bringing the books to life and some of the more insane action sequences to the big screen. I've always strived in my career to make comedy visually interesting, and this adaptation was the great chance to let my imagination run wild. Joining Wright in his latest endeavor would be his longtime producer Nira Park. The head of Big Talk Productions entered into her fourth collaboration with Wright on Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. ``Edgar and I have worked together since the television series Spaced. To see the growth he's achieved from that show to his acclaimed efforts as director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz has been astonishing. All of our projects have been labors of love, and Scott is the culmination of that partnership. Adapting the novels into a screenplay became a joint effort when writer/performer Michael Bacall joined the team to co-author the script with Wright. Bacall remembers the five-year-plus writing process that began before Wright shot his sophomore effort, the action-comedy hit Hot Fuzz: ``We collaborated in every way possible-transcontinentally, in the same room; he'd type with his left hand, I'd type with my right. The 'Battleship' thing with laptop to laptop. We'd write consecutive scenes, then trade and rewrite. Sometimes, we'd even write the same scene concurrently and see where that took us. By his fellow screenwriter's account, Wright is intensely driven by vision and passion for his projects. As they created the structure for the script that began to mirror a video game-with Scott having to perform evermore death-defying feats to win-Bacall found a kindred spirit. ``Collaborating with Edgar, who is highly self-motivated and has an indomitable work ethic, was truly inspiring, the writer adds. ``The man doesn't sleep. His focus on every detail of story and script made for an exciting process. We both enjoy the adrenaline rush that comes from a tight deadline and a quadruple espresso. When the author of ``Scott Pilgrim was approached about translating his graphic novel series into a film, he had just completed the first book and wasn't sure where the rest were going thematically. Bryan O'Malley laughs: ``I pretended I knew and then wrote an outline for them. Of his process of creating each successive graphic novel, he offers, ``It's like writing a script to begin with, but the next step involves a slow, fractured, confusing process of turning it into artwork. O'Malley describes the similarity between the world of the books' characters with the one he and his friends shared in Toronto when they were in their early twenties: ``Scott is a wish-fulfillment character for me. He's a bit of an idiot, happy-go-lucky; women fall for him, and he can fight like a superhero. I'd made some new friends and was in a band and thought it would be fun to make something they'd enjoy that would also reflect our lives. ``'Scott Pilgrim' has the Japanese comics, indie rock, classic rock and video games I enjoyed, he continues. ``My goal was to merge these over-the-top, exciting elements with my mundane life experiences. It's a dual world of total reality and abstraction, each just as real as the other. Oni Press' Eric Gitter served as a producer on the film and helped to bring the world of the graphic novels from page to screen. He offers: ``The creators of our comics are primarily interested in telling good stories and publishing what entertains them. While I don't think Bryan envisioned 'Scott Pilgrim' as a movie when he was originally writing the comic, both are visual mediums. It's easy to see the connection and how the material was right for translation. As development progressed, Gitter was impressed by how the screenwriters were so adamant about keeping O'Malley involved as a collaborator in the screenwriting process. The producer notes: ``Edgar and Michael worked very closely with Bryan when adapting the comic. They were incredibly faithful and respectful of the source material. Wright and Bacall weren't only interested in learning where the characters would go as he wrote his next books, but they also wanted the author to serve as a guardian of all things ``Scott Pilgrim. The screenwriters aimed to be as faithful as possible to O'Malley's world while expanding the stories for their medium. As their process evolved, O'Malley would create the next chapter of Scott's saga and send Wright and Bacall transcripts of the book. ``First and foremost was the challenge of how to take the sensibility and spirit of the books to the big screen, explains Wright. ``Partly that was the tone of the dialogue. Bryan and I have similar senses of humor and both enjoy undercutting the most insane incidents with deadpan reactions. We also share an interest in starting a story in a naturalist world and then exploding into craziness. With the script penned and the production greenlit, it was time to begin populating the world of Scott Pilgrim with the friends and foes of O'Malley's intricate universe. Good Friends and Evil Exes: Casting the Action-Comedy Casting the more than a dozen characters from the graphic novels would prove a challenge for the production. On seeing the actors chosen to become the Toronto residents of his books, O'Malley says it was, simply, ``an amazing, gratifying, weird, eerie experience. Scott and Ramona: ``Have you seen a girl with hair like this? Michael Cera had read the first two ``Scott Pilgrim novels before he was approached about playing the title role. Cera knew it was helpful to have a well-defined part for Scott with which to begin. ``Bryan Lee O'Malley created such a unique, distinct character that it made it easy for me to get into character, Cera notes. On the other hand, he admits, ``It was a little intimidating because 'Scott Pilgrim' has such a following, but Edgar was very helpful in finding the right tone and helping me not go too over-the-top. As he prepared for an arduous shoot, Cera trusted his director's vision more and more. ``Right off the bat, you feel like there's a voice that the movie has that is all its own; that's what Edgar does well with all of his films, he says. While the team moved into production, inhabiting the universe that O'Malley had created became second nature for the cast and crew. Cera summarizes: ``As we all rehearsed for weeks, it started to become a world that we all believed in, something very real. Known for playing über nice guys in such hits as Superbad and Juno, Cera welcomed the chance to show an edgier side to his performance. That was precisely what the filmmakers wanted to evoke. Platt says that what makes the actor so talented is ``his seemingly casual approach that appears as though he's doing so little; it's genius, very precise. He embodies the character completely. People will be shocked to see Michael fighting the way he does and displaying a toughness that audiences haven't seen from him. It's been fun to watch Edgar bring that out in him. Still recovering from his break-up with Envy Adams, the girl who ``kicked his heart in the ass, Scott is dumbfounded when he meets Ramona Flowers, a mysterious American whom he believes he has willed into existence. Cera explains the attraction: ``Scott becomes obsessed with Ramona when he sees her in his dreams. Then, when she appears in real life, he can't quite figure her out; she keeps slipping away from him, and that's what draws him to her. But he's also got this other girlfriend now, so he is not allowed to like her...and that starts to make him like her more. Ramona can be aloof and distant, which of course makes her that much more attractive to the pining Scott. After all, she has a League of Evil Exes tracking her every move. According to O'Malley, these exes were given ``a title meant to sound ominous and silly, but they are dead serious when it comes to ruining Ramona's potential for newfound love...especially with the confidence-challenged Scott. Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who was introduced to global audiences with her role in Live Free or Die Hard, was cast to play the subspace-traveling Ramona after she met with Edgar Wright. The actress explains what attracts her character to the latest guy in her life: ``Scott's a new kind of love interest for Ramona. He doesn't seem to be the same as all the other guys that she's been with. She's been with a lot of dark, tough and mysterious characters. Now, Scott's this sweet little lovable idiot that she's taken under her wing. As Ramona and Scott are in the majority of scenes in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Winstead and Cera were required on set for nearly the entirety of the shoot. Because the seven evil exes roll into their lives over the course of the action-comedy, it felt like making one new movie after another for the actors. Explains Winstead: ``Every few weeks, we had a new energy on set as a new ex came through. It was fun to have all these different personalities coming in. Cera commends of his leading lady: ``Mary's amazing. She did most of her own fighting and is completely believable at that, yet has this delicate quality that's also convincing. ``We are Sex Bob-omb: One, two, three, four! In addition to Mr. Pilgrim, his band, Sex Bob-omb, is made up of drummer Kim Pine and lead singer and songwriter Stephen Stills. The band's biggest fan and hanger-on (before Knives Chau hits the scene) is aspiring bassist Young Neil. Kim, the most intelligent one of the group, dated Scott in high school and dislikes many people...possibly everyone. The production team cast Toronto-native Alison Pill in the role of the young woman who serves as the disaffected voice of reason for her friends. Kim knows Scott the best, and they have the longest history of anyone in the group. She's quiet and dour until she's on stage, and then she will rock your face off. To prepare for the part, Pill worked with drumming guru CHARLIE DRAYTON and Sloan front man CHRIS MURPHY to hone her percussion skills. Front man and singer/songwriter Stephen Stills cares the most about the success of Sex Bob-omb, but he's incredibly neurotic about performing. Actor Mark Webber was asked to play Stephen. Of the process, Webber recounts a strategy that Wright, O'Malley and Bacall had for the core cast: ``Before the first week of rehearsal, Edgar gave each of us a private list with 10 things about our characters that we were supposed to keep to ourselves. There were a few on there that were a little shocking. Completing Scott's immediate circle is Jennifer's Body star Johnny Simmons. He was brought onto the production as the often-confused Young Neil, Stephen's roommate and the band's No. 1 groupie. The League of Evil Exes: ``Wait...we're fighting over Ramona? ``Didn't you get my e-mail? Scott's journey to winning the heart of Ramona involves achieving enough self-awareness, self-respect and maturity along the way that he doesn't become just another evil ex himself. As he fights his way through the League of Evil Exes, Scott gets stronger and stronger with each defeat. Newcomer Satya Bhabha was cast as Ramona's First Evil Ex, Matthew Patel (from her junior high school days). Though he takes Scott by surprise when he breaks through the ceiling at the club with his demon hipster chicks, to be fair, Matthew did e-mail Scott and warn him of his untimely demise. Unfortunately for Scott, he simply skimmed the e-mail. Cera explains Matthew's presence at the club: ``The First Evil Ex that shows up is Patel, and it's out of nowhere. You're just getting used to this world, and everything's starting to make sense. Then all of a sudden, it all doesn't make sense at all, and people are flying through the air. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World marks the first time that Chris Evans portrays a super-villain. Known for his roles in the action flicks Fantastic Four and The Losers, and as the title superhero in the upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger, Evans was happy to mix it up with this part. He was cast to play the ultimate caricature of an action star as Ramona's Second Evil Ex, the pro-skateboarder turned action hero/ultimate tool: Lucas Lee. Evans discusses his interest in joining the action-comedy: ``I get to be big and over-the-top and ridiculous. Lucas is very obnoxious and the character you love to hate. Though he'd never before been on a skateboard, the actor was up for the challenge of looking like he'd been doing it his entire life. He recalls: ``My character had to ease up onto a stair rail and grind the gigantic rail for 200 steps. While many performers are quick to point out that they tried to do a majority of their own stunts, Evans acknowledges that the film's outrageous feats required the expertise of some athletic and unsung heroes: the stunt performers. ``I would have no career without stuntmen, based on the movies I've made, he says. ``God bless 'em all. They're crazy. We actually had a stunt where Michael's stuntman fell from a building eight times over. It looked like it would break me in half, but this guy stood up, brushed himself off and said, 'Let's do it again.' Heading from the world of characters in the Marvel universe to those in DC Comics, Superman himself, Brandon Routh joined the cast as Ramona's Third Evil Ex: Todd Ingram. A power vegan who is now dating Envy Adams and plays bass for The Clash at Demonhead, the bleached blonde telekinetic is as arrogant as he is vapid. While Scott knows he can never vanquish Todd through a flurry of side punches and combination of roundhouse kicks, he does believe he can outsmart him. Though Scott is initially certain that Ramona's League of Evil Exes only consists of guys whom she's dated, he gets a lethal surprise when the Fourth Evil Ex, Roxy Richter, shows up and challenges him to a fight to the finish. Spewing invectives and brandishing a lethal chain belt, Roxy's martial arts skills are as deadly as her vicious tongue. Parenthood's Mae Whitman (rejoining Cera, her former co-star on television's Arrested Development) was brought aboard the production as the scorned lover/invisibility-cloaked ex. Much like Ramona's other exes, Roxy doesn't feel threatened by Scott's presence; she just wants to annihilate anyone who tries to date the girl who broke her heart. Whitman explains: ``It's beyond the threat level now. Roxy knows that she's lost Ramona, but she just can't stand the thought of it. The most upsetting part for her is when Ramona says, 'Well, it wasn't a big deal; it didn't even count.' That's what makes Roxy so angry: her legacy with Ramona gets diminished so quickly. Another one of Ramona's experimental phases is revealed by the arrival of the next exes. Enter Evil Exes No. 5 and No. 6, Kyle and Ken Katayanagi, played by identical twins Keita and Shota Saito. The final puppets in Gideon's army that Scott must defeat, the Katayanagi brothers are the last battle before Scott alone must confront the most evil of exes. But first, to destroy the twins, Scott and Sex Bob-omb go amp versus amp in a battle-of-the-bands fight to the finish. Two bands enter and one band leaves in an epic struggle that pits the Katayanagi's white dragon avatars against Sex Bob-omb's green-eyed yeti. If Scott can survive his battles with all of these exes, he will advance to the bonus round to meet and fight Gideon Graves, the evil ex who wields the most power over Ramona. Cera describes Gideon: ``He's the evil ex boyfriend behind it all, the one who Scott can't stand the most, and Jason Schwartzman is fantastic in the role because he is so funny and charming and detestable all at the same time. It doesn't help matters that Gideon is interested in signing Sex Bob-omb to his record label. Schwartzman discusses his manipulative character: ``Gideon is so good at being bad because he's actually kind of likeable. Passive-aggressive...like a mosquito bite. He won't bother you, but if you start to scratch him, you're in for a rough night. You might start to bleed. Scott unleashes the dark side of Gideon. Schwartzman was impressed by his fellow performers, but most of all with his onset archenemy. He found Cera to be a workhorse throughout their time together. ``Michael is half-man, half-superman, he says. ``He worked almost every single day for six months and never let it show. Supporting Players in Scott's World: ``We all know you're a total lady killer wannabe jerky jerk. Scott Pilgrim's relationship with his roommate, Wallace Wells, is quite unique. The 26-year-old Wallace owns almost everything in their shared apartment, and he is constantly amused by Scott's floundering relationships with girls. As flummoxed as Scott is with the ladies, Wallace is just as smooth with the many guys with whom he hooks up. Played by veteran young actor Kieran Culkin, Wallace epitomizes awesomely hip. And he will steal your boyfriend if you look the other way. Scott's kid sister is 18-year-old coffee shop barista Stacey Pilgrim. Much more sensible than her self-absorbed older sibling, Stacey is the voice of reason in the Pilgrim family. She also has an uncanny ability to know what mischief her brother is up to at any given time. With Wallace on speed-text, she is constantly kept up-to-date and forever shaking her head at Scott's insane life choices. She also loves playing the part of ``older (R) sister. For the role, Wright and the producers brought onto the production Oscar-and Tony-nominated actress Anna Kendrick. Critically lauded for her work in Up in the Air, the performer has previously matched drama with teen angst in the Twilight series. Newcomer Ellen Wong was committed to becoming wide-eyed schoolgirl/ninja assassin Knives Chau. Terrific for Scott's confidence boost, the 17-year-old Knives dated Scott and remains Sex Bob-omb's No. 1 fangirl. Michael Bacall describes the relationship: ``When we first meet Scott and Knives, they have a great connection in their mutual immaturity. Everything they do is in sync-the way they speak, flip through records, play video games. Still hurting over the loss of her first love, Knives has (temporarily) moved on to date Young Neil. The Scarborough, Ontario, native describes her character: ``Knives starts off as this unblemished Catholic schoolgirl, 17 years old, hasn't really seen life yet...or the harsh realities of the world. When she meets Scott, he opens this Pandora's box for her, and she can't go back to her old life anymore. Naturally, that also means challenging Ramona to a fight to the finish. Scott's she-who-will-not-be-named, Envy Adams, was brought to life by Brie Larson. The actress, who has broken out on television's United States of Tara, portrays the stone-cold rocker who is the lead singer of The Clash at Demonhead. Simultaneously self-absorbed and terrifying, Envy still holds a strangling power over ex-boyfriend Scott and is more than happy to watch him get his ass kicked by her current boyfriend, Todd Ingram. Surprise-Todd also happens to be one of Ramona's evil exes. Last but not least, young comic actress Aubrey Plaza was asked to join the production as Julie Powers, the super-hateful, sometime girlfriend of Stephen Stills. Julie works with Stacey, and she just can't wait to see Scott get what's coming to him. Known for her work on television's Parks and Recreation and her breakout role in last summer's Funny People, Powers brings a purse-lipped bitchiness to the obnoxious Julie that sends Scott scampering when she opens her mouth to ream him. We Are Sex Bob-omb!: Music of Scott Pilgrim Throughout the history of comics and graphic novels, musical references have been a big part of the medium. So is the case with O'Malley's books, as Scott's band takes on other bands in music battles. O'Malley notes: ``It's a tradition in comics, way back to 'The Archies.' As he constructed the film, the director knew that the soundtrack of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World should reflect the universe in which Scott and his friends live, as well as speak to a generation that has grown up gaming. Wright offers: ``I am a huge music fan, so the idea of blowing people back into their seats with the soundtrack appealed to me immensely. Bacall remembers when he and Wright discussed how to approach the musical performances. He states: ``Edgar initially commented that most 'live' music in movies kind of sucks. We were coming up with gags to get around hearing the bands play until Edgar went out and got some of the most amazing musicians in the world to create original songs perfectly pitched for the film. To accomplish the task of choosing and producing the talent, Wright and the producers turned to prolific music producer Nigel Godrich. Having collaborated with such giants as Radiohead and Paul McCartney, Godrich was intimately familiar with the sounds that Wright wanted for the action-comedy. One of Godrich's most successful collaborators, Beck, would provide the sounds for Sex Bob-omb. Beck, who contributed all of Sex Bob-omb's tracks, worked with Godrich and Wright to create songs that showcase the band's growing skills as the story unfolds. When we are first introduced to the band, they are finding their footing. Naturally, Stephen Stills' vocals are a little shaky (as are his skills on the lead guitar). As the group confronts each challenge-from facing off against Crash and the Boys to the epic battle against the Katayanagi twins-the music becomes more confident and powerful. Canadian alternative indie rock band BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE (fronted by KEVIN DREW) contributed the songs for the film's band Crash and the Boys. Named after the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) game ``Crash 'n the Boys: Street Challenge, the band boasts 10-year-old drummer Trasha (played by ABIGAIL CHU), a young prodigy who would prefer to not see another girl drummer (ahem, Kim Pine) steal her thunder. Fellow countrymen METRIC performed its song ``Black Sheep for The Clash at Demonhead (led by Scott's own evil ex, Envy Adams). Fronted by lead singer EMILY HAINES, the Toronto-based quartet creates a haunting song that seduces Scott back into Envy's world. While Knives and Julie are both obsessed by the power of Envy's
